Materials Engineer​/Metallurgist

Position Materials Engineer / Metallurgist Location Arden , NCAbout Us Borg Warner  is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work and amazing technology in a unique environment. At Borg Warner, we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy-efficient world.

Our Culture Borg Warner  promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive environment, honors integrity, strives for excellence, commits to responsibility for our communities and the environment, and builds on the power of collaboration. We believe the health and safety of our employees are a top priority.

Career Opportunities We manage talent as seriously as we manage our businesses and encourage you to learn about our proud history, strong culture, technologies, and vision for the future. We offer positions locally and globally with over 80 locations in 19 countries.

If this position energizes you and you feel you can help us achieve our mission and vision, you are invited to submit an application for consideration.

You may see the list of requirements and feel you do not meet all of them. However, remember that Borg Warner thinks differently. If your qualifications align with the majority of those outlined in this job description, we encourage you to apply and share your experience and skills with us.

Job Purpose Borg Warner  is seeking an experienced Materials Engineer / Metallurgist to join our North American Engineering team. In this customer-centric role, you will serve as the lead materials and metallurgical expert of the North American Engineering team. You will work closely with OEM customers, global engineering teams, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and program management to deliver innovative material solutions that meet customer performance, durability, cost, and timing requirements.

Key Responsibilities Conduct necessary metallurgical testing and analysis on component failures. Serves as technical expert on complex metallurgical (creep, fatigue, etc.) testing and failure analysis.

Serves as an advisor to product engineering, purchasing, and quality on matters pertaining to material specifications, appropriate processes and routings including casting processes (sand, permanent mold, investment, etc.), ductile cast iron, cast and wrought aluminum, titanium, Nickel alloys, polymers, composites, tribology, and corrosion.

Conducts, plans and assists with metallurgical study, development, testing and analyses of new designs, processes and procedures for turbochargers, fans, and fan drives.

Reports metallurgical or process issues and makes recommendations to engineering staff on how to resolve/correct the issues.

Reviews and recommends new or enhanced metallurgical testing equipment or protocols.

Evaluates and administers contracts with vendors for the provision of services and equipment.

May contribute to site strategic planning and budgeting efforts for metallurgical testing.

May represent the site on company-sponsored steering teams.

Ensure compliance with Borg Warner quality, safety, environmental, and engineering processes and standards.

Perform other duties as assigned.

What we are looking for Bachelor of Science in a metallurgical field is required. Master's degree preferred.

Minimum 5 years of years of metallurgical development experience with ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

Minimum 3 years of experience working with castings and high temperature materials is required.

Strong customer-facing engineering experience with demonstrated ability to lead technical discussions and build customer relationships.

Knowledge of turbochargers, engine cooling systems, thermal…